Pluto

See also: pluto

English

Pluto

Pluto's planetary symbol, PL monogram ⟨♇⟩

An alternative planetary symbol ⟨⯓⟩

A planetary symbol ⟨⯔⟩ common around the Mediterranean

A planetary symbol ⟨⯖⟩ common in northern Europe

Etymology

From Latin Plūtō, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”). Venetia Burney is often credited as having suggested the name for the celestial body.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpluːtəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈplutoʊ/, [ˈpluɾoʊ]

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːtəʊ

Proper noun

Pluto

2. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Greco-Roman god of the underworld.
4. (astronomy) The largest dwarf planet and formerly the ninth planet, represented by the symbol ♇ or ⯓, both now used mostly in astrology. [from 1930]

   Synonyms: (symbol) ♇, (obsolete) Planet X, (134340) Pluto, 134340 Pluto

   Hypernym: dwarf planet

Synonyms

• (astronomy, astrology): ♇, ⯓

Derived terms

• 134340 Pluto
• anti-Pluto
• plutino
• Pluto-facing
• Pluto I
• plutoid
• Pluto II
• Pluto III
• Pluto IV
• Plutonian
• plutonic
• plutonium
• pluto (verb)
• post-Pluto

Translations

god

• Armenian: Պլուտոն (hy) (Pluton)
• Cherokee: ᏡᏙ (tludo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 普路同 (Pǔlùtóng), 普路托 (Pǔlùtuō)

• Cornish: Plouton m
• Czech: Pluto (cs) m
• Danish: Pluto
• Dutch: Pluto (nl)
• Esperanto: Plutono (eo)
• Estonian: Pluuto
• Finnish: Pluto (fi)
• French: Pluton (fr) m
• Galician: Plutón (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Pluto (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Πλούτων (Ploútōn)

  Modern: Πλούτωνας (el) (Ploútonas)

• Hungarian: Pluto (hu), Hadész, Hádész
• Indonesian: Pluto
• Irish: Plútón m
• Italian: Plutone (it) m
• Japanese: プルートー (ja) (Purūtō)
• Khmer: ភ្លូតុន (pluton)
• Korean: 플루토 (Peulluto)
• Lao: ພລູໂຕ (pha lū tō)
• Latin: Pluto (la), Pluton (la)
• Lithuanian: Plutonas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Плу́тон m (Plúton)
• Malay: Pluto
• Maltese: Plutone
• Maori: Rūaumoko
• Marathi: प्लूटो m (plūṭo)
• Middle English: Pluto, Poluto
• Norman: Pliuton m (Jersey)
• Persian: پلوتن (fa) (pluton)
• Polish: Pluton (pl) m
• Portuguese: Plutão (pt) m
• Romanian: Pluton (ro) m
• Russian: Плуто́н (ru) m (Plutón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Плу̀то̄н m

  Roman: Plùtōn (sh) m

• Slovak: Pluto m
• Slovene: Plúton (sl) m
• Spanish: Plutón (es)
• Swahili: Pluto
• Swedish: Pluto (sv) c
• Telugu: ప్లూటో (te) (plūṭō)
• Thai: พลูโต (pluu-dtoo)
• Turkish: Plüton (tr)
• Urdu: پلوٹو m (Pluto)
• Welsh: Plwton m
• Wolof: Pluton
• Yiddish: פּלוטאָ m (pluto)
• Zulu: uPluto

Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet

• Abkhaz: Плутон (Pʼlutʼon)
• Amharic: ፕሉቶ (pəluto)
• Arabic: بْلُوتُو (ar) m (blūtū)
• Armenian: Պլուտոն (hy) (Pluton)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܠܘܼܛܘܿܢ m (pluṭon)
• Bengali: প্লুটো (bn) (pluṭō)
• Burmese: ပလူတို (my) (pa.lutui)
• Catalan: Plutó (ca) m
• Chechen: Плутон (Pluton)
• Cherokee: ᏡᏙ (tludo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冥王星 (ming⁴ wong⁴ sing¹, ming⁵ wong⁴ sing¹)

  Hokkien: 冥王星 (Bêng-ông-chheⁿ, Bêng-ông-chhiⁿ)

  Mandarin: 冥王星 (zh) (Míngwángxīng)

• Cornish: Plouton m
• Czech: Pluto (cs)
• Danish: Pluto
• Dutch: Pluto (nl)
• Dzongkha: སྐར་མ་གཤིན་རྒྱལ (skar ma gshin rgyal)
• Esperanto: Plutono (eo)
• Estonian: Pluuto
• Fijian: Puluto
• Finnish: Pluto (fi)
• French: Pluton (fr) m
• Galician: Plutón (gl) m
• Georgian: პლუტონი (ṗluṭoni)
• German: Pluto (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Πλούτων (Ploútōn)

  Modern: Πλούτωνας (el) (Ploútonas)

• Guaraní: Plutõ
• Gujarati: પ્લૂટો (plūṭo)
• Haitian Creole: Pliton
• Hawaiian: ʻIlioki
• Hebrew: פלוטו (pluto)
• Hindi: यम (hi) (yam), प्लूटो (hi) (plūṭo)
• Hungarian: Plútó (hu), Pluto (hu)
• Indonesian: Pluto
• Irish: Plútón m
• Italian: Plutone (it) m
• Jamaican Creole: Pluuto
• Japanese: 冥王星 (ja) (めいおうせい, Meiōsei), (katakana) プルート (ja) (Purūto), (katakana) プルートー (ja) (Purūtō)
• Javanese: Pluto
• Kazakh: Плутон (Pluton)
• Khmer: យមៈ (km) (yom mak), ភ្លុយតុង (pluytong), នព្វគ្រោះ (nup krʊək)
• Korean: 명왕성(冥王星) (ko) (Myeong'wangseong)
• Kyrgyz: Плутон (Pluton)
• Lao: ພລູໂຕ (pha lū tō)
• Latin: Pluto (la), Pluton (la)
• Latvian: Plutons m
• Lingala: Pluto
• Lithuanian: Plutonas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Плу́тон m (Plúton)
• Malagasy: Plotôna
• Malay: Pluto
• Maltese: Plutone m
• Maori: Whiringa-ki-Tawhiti, Tama-i-waho
• Marathi: प्लूटो (plūṭo)
• Mongolian: Дэлхий ван (Delxii van), Дэлхийн ван (Delxiin van)
• Nahuatl: Mictlanteuccitlalli
• Navajo: Tłóotoo
• Nepali: यमग्रह (yamagraha)
• Norman: Pliuton m (Jersey)
• Odia: ପ୍ଲୁଟୋ (pluṭo)
• Ossetian: Плутон (Pluton)
• Pashto: پلوټو m (pluto)
• Persian: پلوتون (fa) (pluton)
• Polish: Pluton (pl) m
• Portuguese: Plutão (pt) m
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Quechua: Plutun
• Romanian: Pluto (ro) m, Pluton (ro) m (dated)
• Russian: Плуто́н (ru) m (Plutón)
• Santali: ᱡᱚᱢᱨᱟᱡᱟ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ (jômraja ẽgel)
• Scottish Gaelic: Pliùtò
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Плу̀то̄н m

  Roman: Plùtōn (sh) m

• Shona: Njondi
• Sinhalese: ප්ලූටෝ (plūṭō)
• Slovak: Pluto n
• Slovene: Plúton (sl) m
• Somali: Bluto
• Spanish: Plutón (es) m
• Swahili: Pluto
• Swedish: Pluto (sv)
• Tagalog: Pluton
• Tajik: Плутон (Pluton)
• Tamil: புளூட்டோ (puḷūṭṭō)
• Tatar: Плуто́н (Plutón)
• Telugu: ప్లూటో (te) (plūṭō)
• Thai: ดาวพลูโต (th) (daao-pluu-dtoo), ดาวยม (daao-yom)
• Tibetan: གཤིན་རྒྱལ (gshin rgyal) (also Yama, the Hindu god of death, similar to the Roman namesake of Pluto)
• Tok Pisin: Piluto
• Tongan: Puluto
• Tswana: Piluto
• Tumbuka: Nthuzi, Chanya la Nthuzi
• Turkish: Plüton (tr)
• Turkmen: Pluton
• Urdu: پلوٹو m (plūṭo)
• Uzbek: Pluton
• Venetan: Pluton m
• Vietnamese: sao Diêm Vương (𣋀閻王), Diêm Vương Tinh (vi) (閻王星)
• Volapük: Plutun
• Welsh: Plwton m
• Wolof: Pluton
• Yiddish: פּלוטאָ m (pluto)
• Yoruba: Plùtò
• Zulu: uPluto, uNochoko

See also

• (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Salacia, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna

• (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra
• Cerberus
• Hades
• underworld
• plutonium

Further reading

• Pluto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Planets on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pluto (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pluot, poult

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpluto]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Hyphenation: Plu‧to

Proper noun

Pluto m anim (relational adjective Plutonův or Plutův)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Pluto

Declension

Declension of Pluto (sg-only hard masculine animate irreg-stem)

	singular
nominative	Pluto
genitive	Plutona
dative	Plutonovi
accusative	Plutona
vocative	Plutone
locative	Plutonovi
instrumental	Plutonem

Proper noun

Pluto m inan or n (relational adjective plutonický or plutonský)

1. (astronomy) Pluto (dwarf planet)

Usage notes

• The name of the dwarf planet Pluto is originally masculine inanimate, but can be used also in neuter gender. In this particular case the choice of the gender does not influence the declension of the name itself, but it influences the declension of accompanying determiners and adjectives or conjugation of verbs in the sentence – see for example the sentence in masculine gender "Pluto byl objeven" or in neuter gender "Pluto bylo objeveno" (Pluto was discovered).

Declension

Declension of Pluto (sg-only masculine inanimate in -o // hard neuter)

	singular
nominative	Pluto
genitive	Pluta
dative	Plutu
accusative	Pluto
vocative	Pluto
locative	Plutu
instrumental	Plutem

Derived terms

• plutino
• plutoid
• pluton
• plutonium
• transplutonický

See also

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star	Slunce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venuše	Země	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Měsíc	Phobos/Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymed Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Further reading

• “Pluto”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Pluto”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• plotu
• tlupo

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Pluto, ultimately from Latin Plūtō, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈply.toː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Plu‧to

Proper noun

Pluto m

1. (Greco-Roman mythology) Pluto (god of the underworld)
2. (astronomy) Pluto (dwarf planet, former planet)

Derived terms

• in het hol van Pluto

Related terms

• plutocraat
• plutonisch
• plutonium

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluto/, [ˈplut̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Hyphenation^(key): Plu‧to

Proper noun

Pluto

1. (Roman mythology) Pluto
2. (astronomy) Pluto (dwarf planet)

Declension

Inflection of Pluto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Pluto	Plutot
genitive		Pluton	Plutojen
partitive		Plutoa	Plutoja
illative		Plutoon	Plutoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Pluto	Plutot
accusative	nom.	Pluto	Plutot
	gen.	Pluton
genitive		Pluton	Plutojen
partitive		Plutoa	Plutoja
inessive		Plutossa	Plutoissa
elative		Plutosta	Plutoista
illative		Plutoon	Plutoihin
adessive		Plutolla	Plutoilla
ablative		Plutolta	Plutoilta
allative		Plutolle	Plutoille
essive		Plutona	Plutoina
translative		Plutoksi	Plutoiksi
abessive		Plutotta	Plutoitta
instructive		—	Plutoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Pluto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Plutoni Plutoni accusative nom. Plutoni Plutoni gen. Plutoni genitive Plutoni Plutojeni partitive Plutoani Plutojani inessive Plutossani Plutoissani elative Plutostani Plutoistani illative Plutooni Plutoihini adessive Plutollani Plutoillani ablative Plutoltani Plutoiltani allative Plutolleni Plutoilleni essive Plutonani Plutoinani translative Plutokseni Plutoikseni abessive Plutottani Plutoittani instructive — — comitative — Plutoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Plutosi Plutosi accusative nom. Plutosi Plutosi gen. Plutosi genitive Plutosi Plutojesi partitive Plutoasi Plutojasi inessive Plutossasi Plutoissasi elative Plutostasi Plutoistasi illative Plutoosi Plutoihisi adessive Plutollasi Plutoillasi ablative Plutoltasi Plutoiltasi allative Plutollesi Plutoillesi essive Plutonasi Plutoinasi translative Plutoksesi Plutoiksesi abessive Plutottasi Plutoittasi instructive — — comitative — Plutoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Plutomme Plutomme accusative nom. Plutomme Plutomme gen. Plutomme genitive Plutomme Plutojemme partitive Plutoamme Plutojamme inessive Plutossamme Plutoissamme elative Plutostamme Plutoistamme illative Plutoomme Plutoihimme adessive Plutollamme Plutoillamme ablative Plutoltamme Plutoiltamme allative Plutollemme Plutoillemme essive Plutonamme Plutoinamme translative Plutoksemme Plutoiksemme abessive Plutottamme Plutoittamme instructive — — comitative — Plutoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Plutonne Plutonne accusative nom. Plutonne Plutonne gen. Plutonne genitive Plutonne Plutojenne partitive Plutoanne Plutojanne inessive Plutossanne Plutoissanne elative Plutostanne Plutoistanne illative Plutoonne Plutoihinne adessive Plutollanne Plutoillanne ablative Plutoltanne Plutoiltanne allative Plutollenne Plutoillenne essive Plutonanne Plutoinanne translative Plutoksenne Plutoiksenne abessive Plutottanne Plutoittanne instructive — — comitative — Plutoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Plutonsa Plutonsa accusative nom. Plutonsa Plutonsa gen. Plutonsa genitive Plutonsa Plutojensa partitive Plutoaan Plutoansa Plutojaan Plutojansa inessive Plutossaan Plutossansa Plutoissaan Plutoissansa elative Plutostaan Plutostansa Plutoistaan Plutoistansa illative Plutoonsa Plutoihinsa adessive Plutollaan Plutollansa Plutoillaan Plutoillansa ablative Plutoltaan Plutoltansa Plutoiltaan Plutoiltansa allative Plutolleen Plutollensa Plutoilleen Plutoillensa essive Plutonaan Plutonansa Plutoinaan Plutoinansa translative Plutokseen Plutoksensa Plutoikseen Plutoiksensa abessive Plutottaan Plutottansa Plutoittaan Plutoittansa instructive — — comitative — Plutoineen Plutoinensa

See also

Solar System in Finnish · Aurinkokunta (layout · text)
Star	Aurinko
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkurius	Venus	Maa (Tellus)	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturnus	Uranus	Neptunus	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Kuu	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Japetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Kharon	Dysnomia

Anagrams

• loput, lupot, polut

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Plūtō, Plūtōn, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluːtoː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Plu‧to

Proper noun

Pluto m (proper noun, strong, genitive Plutos or Pluto)

2. (astronomy) Pluto

   Hypernyms: Planet (traditionally), Zwergplanet (by the IAU founded in 1919 since 2006)

4. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Pluto

Declension

Declension of Pluto [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pluto
genitive	eines	des	Plutos, Pluto
dative	einem	dem	Pluto
accusative	einen	den	Pluto

References

• “Pluto” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pluto (Zwergplanet)” in Duden online
• “Pluto (Gott)” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

See at Plútó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpluːtoː]
• Hyphenation: Plu‧to
• Rhymes: -toː

Proper noun

Pluto

1. Alternative form of Plútó (dwarf planet) (spelling preferred by astronomers, see Usage notes at Plútó)
2. (Roman mythology) Pluto (Roman god)

   Synonym: Hadész

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Pluto	—
accusative	Plutót	—
dative	Plutónak	—
instrumental	Plutóval	—
causal-final	Plutóért	—
translative	Plutóvá	—
terminative	Plutóig	—
essive-formal	Plutoként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Plutóban	—
superessive	Plutón	—
adessive	Plutónál	—
illative	Plutóba	—
sublative	Plutóra	—
allative	Plutóhoz	—
elative	Plutóból	—
delative	Plutóról	—
ablative	Plutótól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Plutóé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Plutóéi	—

Possessive forms of Pluto

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Plutóm	—
2nd person sing.	Plutód	—
3rd person sing.	Plutója	—
1st person plural	Plutónk	—
2nd person plural	Plutótok	—
3rd person plural	Plutójuk	—

Latin

Alternative forms

• Plūtōn (for the god)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpluː.toː/, [ˈpɫ̪uːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.to/, [ˈpluːt̪o]
• Hyphenation: Plu‧to

Proper noun

Plūtō m sg (genitive Plūtōnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Pluto (god of the underworld)
2. (New Latin, astronomy) Pluto (dwarf planet)
   • 2006 September 1, “Der Monatsrückblick auf Latein: Nuntii Latini mensium Iulii et Augusti 2006”, in Radio Bremen‎^[2], archived from the original on 2007-09-30:

     Plutoni status planetae abiudicatus est a congressu astronomico mundano, qui Pragam convenerat. Astronomi enim noluerunt alia corpora caelestia, quorum aliquot maiora sunt Plutone quaeque extra orbitam eius solem circumeunt, in planetarum numerum asciscere.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Plūtō
genitive	Plūtōnis
dative	Plūtōnī
accusative	Plūtōnem
ablative	Plūtōne
vocative	Plūtō

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Plute, Poluto

Etymology

From Latin Pluto, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).

Proper noun

Pluto

1. (mythology) The Roman god governing the underworld; Pluto.

Usage notes

Referred exclusively to the deity, not the dwarf planet; Pluto (the dwarf planet) had not yet been discovered. Equivalent applies, of course, in the relevant language(s), for names like Eris, Haumea, Makemake, or Sedna.

Descendants

• English: Pluto

References

• “Pluto, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Pluto

1. Pluto (dwarf planet)

See also

Solar System in Swahili · mfumo wa jua (see also: sayari) (layout · text)
Star	jua
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Utaridi Zebaki	Zuhura Ng'andu	dunia	Mirihi Murihi Meriki	Ceres	Mshtarii	Zohali Zuhali	Uranus	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	mwezi		—

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Pluto c (genitive Plutos)

1. (Roman mythology) Pluto (Roman god)
2. Pluto (dwarf planet)

See also

• plutonium n
• plutokratie f

Tatar

Proper noun

Pluto

1. Pluto (dwarf planet)

References

• 8 klassik planetağa qarıy, menä alar: Merkuri, Venera, Cir, Mars, Yupiter, Saturn, Uran häm Neptun. Pluto xäzer başqa kategoriädä, ul kärlä planeta...